Caramoor scores bulls-eye with 'William Tell'

KATONAH, New York (AP) — The rhapsodic strains of the hymn to freedom that closes "William Tell" were still hovering in the night air, the soloists had all taken their bows, and most of the audience was on its feet.

Then conductor Will Crutchfield stepped forward and, holding up a bound score of the opera, invited one final round of cheers — for the composer, Gioachino Rossini.

It was a fitting end to an evening that offered a rare chance to hear Rossini's last opera played, if not in full, at least close enough to convey the epic scope of this remarkable work.

Friday's concert performance, the second of two at the Caramoor International Music Festival, lasted more than …